We recently recommended four online services to send large files over the Internet to any user. The natural limits of e-mail and the eternal struggle against lack of bandwidth force us to be more efficient when sharing material, so today we want to add three more sites to our group of recommendations, always keeping the general requirements to the necessary minimum.
Slowly, symmetric connections are getting closer to the end user, and with them, the end of the nightmare that is sending large files over the Internet. However, the idea of sharing several gigabytes in a few minutes is still a dream for most, so we must adopt secondary services that seek to guarantee the stability of each transfer.
Today we are going to mention three of those services, which join the four from our previous article. Each has its own features, but in general they all work the same way, enabling methods to transfer files directly or indirectly, without suffering the classic restrictions of email and other platforms (like social networks).
Alternatives for sending large files over the Internet: Blaze
Blaze is based on P2P technology, and uses the concept of "rooms" to share files. First you enter an alias and the name of the room, then you share the private link with someone else, that user enters with their own nickname, and the rest is a matter of transferring content. From a certain point of view, Blaze reminds us of WebWormHole, but its interface is much more polished, and it works wonderfully on mobile devices.
Terashare
The good news is that Terashare has no upper limit for file transfers, and files below 10 GB are stored on its servers so that users can download them at any time (even when the original "sender" is not online). The bad news is that we must use its application, which has proven to be quite temperamental. If you decide to give it a try, I recommend combining Terashare with Firefox.
Filemail
Straight to the point: With Filemail you can send files as e-mail or as a link, as long as the maximum to transfer is 5 GB. Its free edition stores all links for a week (the Pro plan jumps to 250 GB and 30 days of storage), but if you want to protect the download page with a password, you will need to create an account. This is not a major problem (depending on the type of file to send), and Filemail also protects transfers with HTTPS.
